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0. R. ROSEN. Portable Pence. I No.,236,722. Patented Jan. 18,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. ROSEN, OF BUOKINGHAM COURT-HOUSE, VIRGINIA.

PO RTAB LE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,722, dated January18, 1881.

Application filed October 20, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. RosEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buckingham Court-House, in the county of Buckingham andState of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPortable Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to portable fences in which braces are hinged orpivoted to the posts, so that they may be compactly folded together whenthe panels are to be packed closely together and removed from place toplace, and may be expanded and fastened into the ground at an angle withthe posts when the panels are erected and connected together to form afence.

The object ofmyinvention is to form acheap, strong, and durablestructure, made of few parts, that may be easily put up or taken down atshort notice; and the improvement consists in the peculiar constructionand arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of asingle.panel, a number of which may be placed together to form myimproved fence; Fig. 2, a side elevation of' a number of panelsconnected together, and Fig. 3 a detail showing a modification of theconnection between the posts.

The panel is formed of posts A A, of like construction at the ends ofthe panel, that are connected by rails B, mortised or otherwisepermanently secured to the post parallel to each other to be in ahorizontal position, and at such length that their ends will not projectbeyond the posts.

The top or rider rail, 0, is secured to the upper ends of the posts in apeculiar manner. Instead of being parallel with the lower rails it isinclined thereto, so that the tenon cupon (No model.)

uppermost hole in the adjoining panel, the

second hole of which will receive the tenon of the depressed end of itsrider or upper andinclined rail, (J. The tenon c of the rider-rail G isrounded to form a journal or pivot, upon which may be fitted the upperends of braces D D in such manner that they may be freely turnedthereon, so that they may be either expanded at their lower ends to forman angle with the panel, or may be folded parallel with each other andwith the adjoining post, so as to be compactly arranged fortransportation.

Instead of the rider-rails having an elongated rounded tenon, c, at oneend only, the other or depressed end of the rail may have a similartenon, 0 that may pass through the corresponding second hole in theadjoining panel, and form a double connection between the panels.

The braces may be placed one upon the out-. side and the other upon theinside of the post, as in Fig. 2, or both may be placed upon the insideof its adjacent post, as in'Fig. 3, or both may be placed upon one ofthe elongated tenons, c or 0 between the posts.

I claim as new- The combination of two fence-panels having their uprightend posts provided each with two apertures, as shown, with inclinedriderrails, the ends of which pass, respectively, through the lower andupper apertures of the uprights of both panels, and with braces pivotedto the rounded tenon of the rider-rails, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. ROSEN.

Witnesses:

JAS. A. WRIGHT, R. H. SPENCER.

